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Funders and Nonprofit Leaders: Can We Talk?

Kathy Reich

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The Power of Trust-Based Philanthropy for Black Women Leaders

Vanessa McDowell-Atlas

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The Trust Gap: What Funders Can Learn from MacKenzie Scott’s Giving

Pam Foster

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Emerging Impacts: Going Deeper on the Effects of MacKenzie Scott’s Large, Unrestricted Gifts

Ellie Buteau and Christina Im

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Weaving Trust-Based Philanthropy into a Participatory Initiative

Winifred Olliff and Katy Love

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Philanthropy’s Role in Making Climate Change a Greater Bipartisan Priority

Morgan Chrisman and George Gemelas

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Equitable Evaluation in Practice: Towards More Inclusive, Just, and People-Centered Practices

Ana Jackson, Ph.D., Jessica Mindnich, Ph.D., and Sonia Moldovan

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New Data from CEP on Foundation Practices

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Effective Communications and Creating Momentum for Social Change

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Learning about Donor Satisfaction: Interviews with Community Foundation Leaders

May 12, 2015

Getting Beyond Nonprofit Performance Assessment with Data

May 8, 2015

Who Runs the Big Foundations? A Look at the Leadership of the Largest 100 Foundations

May 5, 2015

Looking Beyond the Numbers, Achieving High Performance

April 30, 2015

Four Steps to Building Strong Relationships with Grantees

April 28, 2015

The Power of a Network to Amplify Philanthropy’s Voice

April 23, 2015

Getting to Assessment and High Performance

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A Call to Rethink How We Support Grantees

April 15, 2015

The Paradox of Performance Assessment

April 13, 2015

The Voices of Those We Seek to Help

April 9, 2015

Being Responsive to Beneficiaries

April 7, 2015

Windows of Opportunity are the Defining Issue of Our Time

March 31, 2015

Finishing Strong: How Terminal Evaluation Can Accelerate Impact

March 26, 2015

Using Feedback to Improve Interactions with Beneficiaries

March 24, 2015

Making a Conference Worth Attending

March 18, 2015

New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

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Taking the Guesswork out of Judging Research

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A Moral Imperative

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December 7, 2023

Funders and Nonprofit Leaders: Can We Talk?

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The Trust Gap: What Funders Can Learn from MacKenzie Scott’s Giving

By: Pam Foster

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By: Ellie Buteau and Christina Im